America Sings: one of my origin stories - Ramblin' with Roger Arthur, that dude from New Zealand via Illinois, wrote a post recently titled "One of my origin stories. There was also a cookbook for kids.

Musical origin story: www.rogerogreen.com/2026/04/20/a...

Library stuff: www.rogerogreen.com/2026/04/21/n...

Why I liked early Three Dog Night - Ramblin' with Roger I liked early Three Dog Night. And I enjoyed them even more when I discovered they were providing visibility for songs and artists

3DN. www.rogerogreen.com/2026/04/18/w...

Concert survey - Ramblin' with Roger In the spirit of Ask Roger Anything, a concert survey. First concert: MAYBE Jonathan Edwards at SUNY New Paltz?

Concerts I've attended. www.rogerogreen.com/2026/04/16/c...

Hope from the Pope - Ramblin' with Roger As a Christian who has occasionally railed against so-called Christian nationalism, I have developed hope from the Pope.

Yay, Pastor Bob! www.rogerogreen.com/2026/04/14/h...

1992 - www.rogerogreen.com/2026/04/11/t...

Binghamton-adjacent - Ramblin' with Roger These are random Binghamton-adjacent pieces. An old friend from high school sent me a clipping from the Broome County Office for Aging

In re: my hometown. www.rogerogreen.com/2026/04/10/b...

MOI! Book Review: Mona’s Eyes, a novel by the French art historian Thomas Schlesser. Reviewer: Roger Green, MLS, business librarian, retired from the NY SBDC. Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 2 -3:30 pm at the Washington Ave branch: Large Auditorium. albany.librarycalendar.com/event/ffapl-...

1820. www.rogerogreen.com/2026/04/09/t...

Reply to My Texts? - Ramblin' with Roger In the Social Q's column of the New York Times for March 18 was a piece titled My Relative Takes Forever to Reply to My Texts."

Tech. www.rogerogreen.com/2026/04/08/r...

What I'm doing in lieu of the things I said I was going to do. www.rogerogreen.com/2026/04/07/a...

What they said

I was on a panel. www.rogerogreen.com/2026/04/06/p...

"A Call for Unity" before "Birmingham Jail" - Ramblin' with Roger I had only perused the antecedent, "A Call for Unity" (April 12, 1963) that MLK "chose to respond to while in the Birmingham Jail.

On the anniversary of MLK's assassination, I look at the letter which prompted his Birmingham Jail letter. www.rogerogreen.com/2026/04/04/a...

Encyclopedia Americana - Ramblin' with Roger I thought about how my parents bought us the Encyclopedia Americana when I was nine. Or twelve or at some time in between

Would have been my parents' 76th wedding anniversary. www.rogerogreen.com/2026/03/12/e...

Mead Art Center - Ramblin' with Roger On Tuesday, February 17, my wife, daughter, and I visited the Mead Art Center at Amherst College in western Massachusetts.

Art in Amherst. www.rogerogreen.com/2026/03/11/m...

With God On Our Side - Ramblin' with Roger Recent events have gotten the song With God On Our Side stuck in my mind.  Yes, the Bob Dylan original, but also the Neville Brothers version

Not a "religious war" - www.rogerogreen.com/2026/03/10/w...

Sunday Stealing: Cookie Day - Ramblin' with Roger March 6 was National Oreo Cookie Day. So said Mary when she completed this meme, which she credited to Terri D (Your Friend from Florida)

Cookie! www.rogerogreen.com/2026/03/08/s...

Internment camps of Germans in the US - Ramblin' with Roger I made a comment that there were internment camps of Germans in the US as well. A few people had never heard that fact.

Germans in the USA in WWII - www.rogerogreen.com/2026/02/25/i...

Redesigned the flag - Ramblin' with Roger "African Americans have long reimagined the American flag. Marcus Garvey famously redesigned the flag with three symbolic colors"

Red, black, and green. www.rogerogreen.com/2026/02/24/r...

Mail delivery still sucks - Ramblin' with Roger Yes, my mail delivery still sucks. A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I saw a mail truck on our street. She started to feel elated.

Me on TV (briefly). www.rogerogreen.com/2026/02/23/m...

Sunday Stealing – I Say, You Think - Ramblin' with Roger Answer with either a single word or a thought/memory. I Say, You Think: Word Association. Share what comes to mind when you hear the word ...

Word association. www.rogerogreen.com/2026/02/22/s...

More voices - Ramblin' with Roger In July 2025, there was a series of five free Water Music New York: More Voices festivals in upstate New York. The final day,

Freedom songs www.rogerogreen.com/2026/02/21/m...

Cruelty Is The Point: Mr. Brunelle - Ramblin' with Roger My daughter found an unused $25 Amazon gift card. I bought Cruelty Is The Point, a Collection of "Mr. Brunelle Explains It All" cartoons.

I bought a book. www.rogerogreen.com/2026/02/19/c...

If the Church Were Christian - Ramblin' with Roger One of the Bible Guys posted this:. "These sentences are the chapter titles from Philip Gulley's book, 'If the church were Christian.'"

If the church were Christian. www.rogerogreen.com/2026/02/18/i...

February 15, 2026 A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

We spent the last few years warning Americans that the Trump force was not America First. It’s global mayhem and Greed 1st, last and always. Thanks HCR for calling out the NAZI/Putin collective. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Presidents Day: White House alligator - Ramblin' with Roger When an alligator lived in the White House—and nine more presidential pets. Check out Every U.S. President as a Puppet?

Trivia www.rogerogreen.com/2026/02/16/p...

Sunday Stealing: Beginning with S  - Ramblin' with Roger At The Zeus Excuse, participating bloggers were asked to list things they love beginning with that letter. Things I Love Beginning with S

Star Wars v. Star Trek and other Ss. www.rogerogreen.com/2026/02/15/s...

My favorite love songs - Ramblin' with Roger I suggested that these are my favorite love songs. More correctly, there's something that intrigues me about them.

Love songs. www.rogerogreen.com/2026/02/14/m...

Feb. rambling: Complicity? - Ramblin' with Roger Non-Cooperation: When does cooperation become complicity? And what other choice is there? Everything Is for Sale’: Exploiting

Linkage. www.rogerogreen.com/2026/02/13/f...